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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
The praSiuent5S Plans.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The President
repeated yesterday that he felt it to be an
absolute necessity that he should in every
case request those cities which proposed
to send delegations to Was hington convey.
ing invitations to visit them on his West
ern trip to forego that Formally
and forward their communications by
mail. 1t is probable he will leave here
the last days of September, and go direct
to st. Louis, and from there to Kansas
City, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee,
Chicago, Nashville and Atlanta. The
journey will be made by the ordinary route
of travel between the cities named, and
the disposition of the President will be to
see as much of the country and the PEG
pie on his route as will be consistent with
limited time and positive engagements.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

In an opinion on the Alien act, re.
Gently made public, Attorney-General
Garland holds that it applies to mines,
as mines are real estate, but that aliens
may hold stock issued by an American
corporation now the owner of mines
in the Territories not exceeding twenty
per cent. of the whole, and may con-
tract with American owners to work
on contracts, for hire or leases.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

In a recent decision the Interstate
Commerce Commission states that
common carriers may continue the is
suance of mileage passenger tickets,
the charges for which must be reason
able and free from unjust discrimina-
ton; that commercial travellers are not
privileged to ride over railroads at
lower rates than are paid by other
persons, and to charge one person
more than another is unjust discrim-
nation and this is true whether mile
age tickets are issued or trans
portat.on is furnished in some other
form.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

IT is said that eight pin manufacto-
ries in New England produce annually
100000 packs of pins. Each pack
contains $500 pins, which makes a to-
tai yearly production of 6,720, 900, 900
pins In England the daily production
OF pins is estimated at 100000, An
authority on the subject says: I" The
manufacture of pins is regarded as one
of tive greatest prodigies of the diver
sion of labor, furnishing, as it does,
10000 articles for the sum of seventy
five cents, which requires the united
diligence of fourteen skilled operat
ives.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

THE San Francisco Call and the Bal
timore american are agitated over the
drinking question. They say: Poisoned
by buttermilk, poisoned by lemonade,
poisoned by ice-cream, poisoned by this,
that and the other refreshment. So the
nows items read. What shall we drink,
anyhow" The Chicago Trtbuae, anx-
ious to relieve the suspense of theques-
TONERS, says: ut gives the 1rib,tae
pleasure to recommend to the editors
of these journals the use of water as a
beverage. tits harmless and abundant,
and after getting accustomed to drink
ing it we doubt not they will like it. /"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

GEORGE WASHINGTON, Thomas JEFF
ferson, John Adams, James Madison,
James Monroe, John Quincy Adams,
Andrew jackson, Martin Van Buren,,
William Henry Harrison, John TYLER,
James Polk, Zach Taylor, Franklin
Pierce, James Buchanan and Abraham
Lincoln arc now living in Brooklyn, N.
T. 1t is the home of Presidents as
well as the city OF churches.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
TEE NEWS
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
FRoM WASHINGTON.


THE Chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry stated on the 2Sth that the work Of
stamping out pleuro- pneumonia by the
Government during the past six months
hal been very successful, and he predicted
that this disease among cattle would soon
be eradicated
DURING the seven days ended on the Goth
there were 1872 business failures in the
United States, against 147 the previous
seven days.
The United States treasury surplus on
the 10Th was S45, 900, 900, an increase of
nearly &c 000,000 in the past thirty days
Treasury receipts averaged over 81, 0J0 00)
day.
THE exchanges at twenty SIX leading
clearing houses in the United States
during the week ended on the Both ult. ag-
gr> gated 1888, 895, 0S6, against 1851, 627, 319
the previous week. AS compared with
the corresponding week Of 1886, the in
crease amounts to IL. per cent.
THE weather during the week ended on
the 30th ult. was reported in the weekly
signal service bulletin to have been unfa-
vorable to the crops in many sections.
From Atlanta eastward cotton was suffer
ing from the drought Dry and hot
weather in the corn belt had affected that
crop unfavorably. In the Northwest the
weather was favorable, and harvesting
was in progress as far north as the forty
seventh parallel
THE public-debt statement for July is as
follows; Total debt Gncluding interesD
$1,6S1, 1876 139; less cash items available for
reduction of debt, and reserve bills for re-
denption of United States notes 1881 143,
703), $l,320,283 1876; cash in treasury, $45,-
COS, 594; debt less amount in treasury,
SL214, 5S3,S42. Decrease during June, 81,
S44, 1914
SURGEoy-GENERAL HAMILTON reset Mrs.
John A. Logan's fractured shoulder blade
and elbow at Washington on the 1st, he
having made the discovery that the parts
had begun 10 knit in the wrong places.
The operation was entirely successful.
ACCORDING to the Signal records
for July the past month was the hottest
in fifteen years, and more rain fell than in
any previous July for many years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

The Pittsburgh Manufacturer de-
scribos a novel craft nearly finished
there, which is designed for the rapid
transfer of coal from boats or barges
to the holds of vessels. 1t can handle
10000 bushels per day, and will be
taken to New Orleans for use there. Its
draft VII only be two feet and it costs
about $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

The Globe Iron Shipbuilding Com
pany of Cleveland has concluded con-
tract to build six steel steamships for
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railroad Company, each vessel to cost
$30O,0O0 They will form line be-
tween Duluth and Buffalo.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

GENERAL SHERIDAN SAID the other
dizzy to New York reporter that he
considered the Indian very uncertain
quantity, but denied that he ever made
use of the remark, so often attributed
to him, that "the only good Indian is a
dead Indian
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

STATISTICS show that the Grand
Army of the Republic was never more
closely united, and that the growth
during 1886 was %, 900 members. Re-
ports for the first quarter of the pres
ent year indicate even greater growth.
The order now has a membership of
$50, 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

JOHN M. WALL, the New York re-
porter who had his head broken while
accompanying O'Brien on his Canadian
tour, has been presented with purse
of 81, 200 and handsome diamond ring
by his friends among the home-rule
Sympathizers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
A ForSer Arrested.

CHICAGO Aug. IA. ]. Whitman, alias
Joseph Espanola, has been arrested for
forging checks on the Central Union Tele-
phone Company, in whose service he has
been as a book-keepsr His forgeries are
believed to amount to $4,000, most OF
which was lost in gambling Whitman
confessed his guilt and was held in S25, 0N
bnrle
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
nracged to the GaIIows.

LONDON, Aug. 2-There was a revolving
scene at Lancaster, Eng, yesterday, when
Alfred Sonney was hanged for the murder
of his sweetheart. The condemned man
made desperate resistance, and was only
overpowered after harl struggle. He
had to be carried to the scaffold.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

A PHILADELPHIA publisher says:
"'The revised Bible has fallen flat.
Hundreds of thousands of copies re-
main on the shelves, and the people
will not have them at any price. They
stick to the Bible of their fathers and
mothers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

THE death of r. M. r. Hunter, of
Virginia, reduces the number of living
eX-Speakers of the House to seven
Robert q. Winthrop, N. P. Banks,
Gr''sha A. Grow, James G. Blaine, S.
j. Randall, j. w. Keifer and j. G..
Carlisle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

EIGHT little girls of Warwick, N. Y.
recently sent $142.2S to the New York
aWJune'S ''Fresh Air FUND.- for poor
children, the proceeds of fair held by
them. Those little girls will make
grand women some dav.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

STA. He was born a.
Moscow in 1918. In 1856
he founded the Russian
Messenger, and subse
quen thy wrote tw {
books, one on the Slave
Russian language and
the other on the an
Gent period of Greei
philosophy. Two years
previous to the las
Polish revolution hi
began an onslaught
against the Poles, de
fed the Government
,nd II or1arad him
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

The total nupber of postmasters in
the United States receiving less than
1000 per annum is 50,582. OF that
nunber 4S,003 are paid between $500
5Dd $500 a year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

nv. MOODY says he will commence
his regular campaign in September,
probably beginning his meetings in
Chicago. He expects to have Mr..
Sankey with him most OF the season.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

W. K. VANDERBILT has leased Lord
Lovatt's country seat in England for
two months at $4,000 a month. This
is only little episode in the catching
trip around the world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

to publish its severe censure on him a
given number of days under renalty
of 1000 rubles a day. He declined and
paid the fine for eleven days, when
his money was returned to him. Great was
his triumph, and contributed greatly to his
success and to the success of his iournaLl
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
THE Governors of Idaho and Nevada
are brothers

EXPERT girls making the first quail
ity of mems linen collars can, in the
Troy factories for instance, earn from
$50 to $50 per week.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

A MINNESOTA man @fscently sold
thirteen acres of land for $4,000,
which cost him some years ago only
"'six chickens and a rooster"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

Madam, = cynlcalIy observed a gen.
tleman to leader of fashion. s.woman
doesn't seem to be as much of a cling
ing vine IS she once was. y That's
because of the extreme insecurity of
the manly oak returned the lady.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

TIE Empress of Japan will visit this
country in October. 1t will be the
first time that reigning lady of that
land has visited the outside world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05
KATKOFF DEAD,

The Famous Russian Editor Passes Away
at Moscow.
ST. PET ERsBURG, Aug. 2.-Katkoff, editor
of the Moscow Gazette, died yesterday.
Michael Nikforovtch Katxoff was the most
prominent politician and journalist in all Rus.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

C-Bagging Hello, Scrabbles,
what's the cause of your lameness?"
Scrabbles-'.A bad dream" B.-.'A
dream? How SOP" S.-"Why, l
dreamed the other night that Matilda S
father was dead, and 4 awoke believ-
ing it true. So | went up there and
found him alive" sAlirePn Eyes,
Confound it! Alive snd kicking.
Cleveland Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-05

Dramatic Critic-''I can't imagine
how you can appear to be so carried
away with your part when, according
to your own admission, you do not feel
a word of it." Great Actress-'I be-
came proficient in that art by long
course of training before l went on the
stage. " ''At the dramatic SCHOOL,"
mo. | was salesgirl in millinery
store, and when customers were around
I had to admire all the new bonnets."
Omaha World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
Notice of Appointment.

Estate of Lawrence Rettig, deceased.
YINhn undersigned h IS been duly appointed
Il and qualified as EXecutriX of the estate of
Lawrence Rettig, lato of Palmyra. Portage
County. Ohio, deceased,
Dated this 18th day of September A. D. 1896
BARBARA kErTIG,
Attest: c. a, REED. Probate Judge.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
AN UNLUCKY MAN.
The Remarkable Personal Experience of
Famous Engineer.

Although Brunei, the celebrated en-
gineer, who built the Great Eastern,
died at the comparatively early age of
63. 1t is even matter of surprise that he
lived so long. He had more perilous
escapes from violent death than fall to
the lot of most men.
At the outset of his career. when act
ing as acknowledgements to his father,
in making the Thames Tunnel, he had
two narrow escapes from drowning by
the river suddenly bursting in upon the
works. Some time after. when inspect
ing the shafts of the railway tunnel un-
der Box Hill. he was one day riding n
shaggy pony at rapid rate down the
hill, when the animal stumbled and fell,
pitching the engineer on his head with
great violence; he was taken up for
dead. but eventually recovered.
When the Great Western line was
finished and at work he used frequent
ly 10 ride upon the engine with the
driver, and occasionally he drove it HIM
self. One day. when passing through
the Box Tunnel upon the engine at con-
siderable speed. Brunei thought he dis
cerned between him and the light some
object standing on the same line of
road along which his engine was trav-
cling. He instantly turned on the full
steam and dashed at the object, which
was driven into II thousand pieces.
1t afterwards turned out 10 be a con-
tractors truck, which had broken loose
from ballast-train on its way through
the tunnel. Another narrow escape
which he had was on board the Great
Western steamship. where he fell down
hatchway into the hold and was near
ly killed.
But the most extraordinary accident
which befell him was that which oc-
CURED while one day playing with his
children. Like his father, Sir Isambard,
he was fond Of astonishing them with
sleight-of-hand tricks, in which he dis
played considerable dexterity, and the
feat which he proposed to them on this
occasion was passing of half-sovereign
through his mouth out of his ear. Un-
fortunately he swallowed the coin,
which dropped into his windpipe.
The accident occurred April 3, 1843.
and it was followed by frequent fits of
coughing and occasional uneasiness in
the right side OF the chest, but so slight
was the disturbance of breathing that
it was for some time doubted whether
the coin had really fallen into the wind
pipe. After the lapse of fifteen days Sir
B. Brodie met MIR. Key in consultation,
and they concurred in the opinion that
most probably the half-sovereign was
lodged at the bottom of the right
bronchus.
The day after. Mr.. Brunei placed him.
self in a prone position on his face upon
some chairs. and, bending his head and
neck downwards, he distinctly felt the
coin drop towards the glottis. A violent
cough ensued, and on resuming the
erect posture he felt as if the object
again moved downwards into the chest.
Here was an engineering difficulty
the like Of which Mr.. Brunei had never
before encountered. The mischief was
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
The Seals HeaIthy Appetite.

Where do they Qhe fur seals) 60 to?
Certainly not northward. for it is well
known that not single seal is to be
found north of the Pribyloys. and the
floating ice of winter prevents any con-
gregation of amphibious life. There is
then the southwark, the enormous ex-
panse of sea south of the Aleutian chain.
five thousand miles of wafer between
Japan and Oregon swarming with the
natural food of the seal-fish. They can
have no resting place. or it would be
known; they must therefore spend all
their time afioat, seeing that they sleep
at sea just as comfortably as. or perhaps
their backs, fold the fore ilippers across
the breast, turn the hind ones up and
over, so that the tips rest on their necks
and chins, thus exposing only the nose
and the heels of the hind f1ippers above
water. nothing else being seen. Here is
no poetical fancy. but prosaic fact,
rocked in the cradle of the deep"
One can not but think of the enor-
NOUS quantity of fish they must get
through. The common seal, such as
we see in our aquaria. has evidently
most voracious appetite. and never
seems to be able to get as much as he
can do with. Consider, then. the weight
that must be consumed in the year by
the fur seal, several times its size. roam
ing about under thoroughly natural con-
ditions in lis natural element instead
of being cooped up within the four walls
OF O tank.
As matter of fact, the hosts of the
fur seal produce a notable scarcity of
fish around the Pribylovs. 1t is perfect
ly hopeless to throw line over the gun
vale of boat You must go out at
least seven or eight miles, and then
you can get nothing but very large hall
but. Practically the sea for hun dred
miles around is cleared of fish. 1t is
computed that forty pounds per day is
rather Il starvation allowance for an
adult male, twelve pounds to female,
and not much. if any. less for the fast
growing pups. Allow an average of
ten pounds per individual per day. and
calculate what four or five millions
would consume every year-only seven
million tons or so. Why. all the fishing
of the world is but drop in the bucket
compared with this. We must remem-
Der. too, that the seal is only one of the
creatures which prey on fish. l can
well believe what is asserted by many
well-informed people, that the supply
of sea-tish is .inexhaustiblc by any means
known to man.-AU The Ye u Round.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
Dr.F 'SKidnev
WBaCk-ache Cure.

REV. a. J. MERCHANT, Presiding
Elder M. E. Church, Meadville, Pa,
writes:
april Ia. 1894. DIR FENNER's Kidney and
Back ache Cure gave me almost instant re
icf. 1t effected cure completely | have
needed nothing since took it four years age"
FRANK + PERCIvAL. Rochester. N. Y, writes
(April 3, 1891 'One bottle of DR. Fenuer's
Kidney and Back-ach Cure helped me more
than all the Kidney remedies taken in the PAS
two years; six bottles entirely cured me-"
Mrs. JAMES FULLER, Fredonia. N Y. writes :
March 1884 "Dr. Feuner's Kidney and
Back Ache Care has relieved me OF KIduey
Disease. Heart Disease, and Female Weakness
l never had Il medicine help SO quickly"
HARRY WATERS. Hamlet ". Y. writes:
(JulN .. IS~3 "One bottle of DIR. Fenner's
Kidney and Back-ache Cure has cured me of
Kidney oluplaiut and Rheumatism after other
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Cures all diseases OF the KIDNEYS,
BLADDER URINARY PASSAGES. BACK
ACHE, DRuPsY, FEMALE WEAKNESS,
NERVOUS DEBIIITY, HEART DISEASE,
RHEUMA rISM, &c, The most success
full remedy that has ever been admin =
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For ss.a ny Raliin9 e. 4i hhnns.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

purely mechanical; foreign body had
gone into his breathing apparatGS and
must be removed. if it all, by some me-
chanical expedient. Mr.. Brunei was,
however, equal to the occasion. He had
an apparatus constructed consisting OF
a platform which moved upon Il hinge
in the centre. Upon this he had him
self strapped, and his body was then in
verted, in order that the coin might
drop downward by its own weight, and
be so expelled.
At the first experiment the coin again
slipped towards the glottis, but it
caused such an alarming fit of convul-
sive coughing and appearance of chok-
ing that danger was apprehended, and
the experiment was discontinued. Two
days later, the 25th, the operation of
tracheotomy was performed by Sir Ben
iamin Brodie, assisted by Mr.. Key, with
the intention of extracting the com by
forceps, if possible. Two attempts to Go
so were made without success.
The introduction of the fOrceps into
the windpipe on the second oc aston
was attended with so excessive a degree
of irritation that it was felt the experi-
ment could not be continued without
danger of life. The ncision IN the
windpipe was, however, kept open by
means of quill or tube until May 13,
by which time Mr.. Bruncrs strength had
sufficiently recovered to enable the ori-
ginal experiment to be repeated.
He was again strapped to his appara-
tus; his body was inverted; his back
was struck gently, and he distinctly
felt the coin quit its place on the right
side of his chest The opening in the
windpipe allowed him to breathe. while
the throat was stopped by the coin, and
1t thus had the effect of preventing the
spasmodic action of the glottis. After a
few coughs the coin dropped into his
mouth.
Mr.. Brunei used afterwards to say
that the moment when he heard tho
gold piece strike against his upper front
teeth was, perhaps, the most exquisite
in his whole life. The half-sovereign
had been in his windpipe for not less
| than SIX weeks!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
The Home of the Whitr-fu foo; ed
Mouse.

Often, us early in autumn as the first
of October, the abandoned nest of cat
birds and cardinal grosbeaks, and To
some extent those of the brown and
song thrushes. will be found very frc-
quently to be tenanted by those beauii-
full little mammals. the white-footed
mice (HeSpcrO1nys ieUc0? ~.
While the fact of such situations be-
ing chosen by these mice for their win-
ter quarters, has been long known, 1
am not aware that observation has
been carried beyond this point; and L
recently endeavored to determine. first.
TO what extent these old birds nests are
rcmOdcled; and again, whether or not
some of them may not be constructed
de nOUO, the builders using the aban-
doned home of bird for the exterior of
the new structure. and removing it, bit
by bit, from its original site.
In the months of 0 .tober and Novem-
ber of the past year QSS5) examined
a series of forty-two nests, all of which
were above the ground. and occupied
by mice. All were sirikingly different
from any nest of bird, such as is found
in so exposed positions; none being
open above, nor having the materials
for Innings such as our thrushes and
larger finches are accustomed to Use.
Of the series thirty-one were placed
in dense tangles of Snliidr rOtuhd + Ira,
or green-brier. None were near the up
per or outer edges Of the thickel, but
usually about one third the distance
from its uppermost surface. and midi
way from side to side; for instance. if
the growth was len feet high and six or
eight in width, the home of the mouse
would be at an elevation of between six
and seven feet; and it had therefore
protecting growth of thorny smilax of
three to four feet in extent above it.
ami nearly the same upon each side.
This Was very uniform feature of
the series examined, and, if the mice
merely occupy old nests of birds, indi-
Gates uniformity in the matter of their
locating by the birds. of which | was
not aware, and which l am inclined to
| doubt.
Again, the smilax was so very dense
or closely intertwined. i'm the majority
of instances, that it was clearly impossi-
BILE for bird as large rs robin or
grosbeak to have penetrated it with that
celcriiy of movement necessary to es-
cape the impetuous charge of a hawk.
1t is, think, far more probable that
the continuous growth of the green
brer, after the birds aba ndoncd the
nest, made it in many cases inaccessi-
BILE. Dr.. Charles Z. Abbott, IN POpuLar
Science Monthly.